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loquitur · 05-30-2008, 08:34 AM

it sort of depends on what results from the critical thinking in your view, doesn't it? A person like me who has concluded that collectivism is generally a bad idea - does that meet the standard you're positing?

I had an interesting insight the other day. I was walking in the alley between the federal and state courthouses in downtown Manhattan, and I passed by the back entrance to the state courthouse. There is a pair of classical-looking statues flanking the entrance, both female. One of them, maybe both, was holding a book, a sword and....... the fasces. I did a double take. But then I remembered the Lincoln Memorial. His seat has fasces, too. The US dime used to have fasces on it, too, starting in 1916 (before Mussolini started using it).

So does that make the courthouse or US coinage or Lincoln fascist? Of course not. It simply means that the symbol of the Roman polity has been used for diverse purposes, which are not necessarily related to each other. Labels are misleading.

05-30-2008, 08:34 AM	#237 (permalink)
loquitur Junkie Location: NYC	it sort of depends on what results from the critical thinking in your view, doesn't it? A person like me who has concluded that collectivism is generally a bad idea - does that meet the standard you're positing? I had an interesting insight the other day. I was walking in the alley between the federal and state courthouses in downtown Manhattan, and I passed by the back entrance to the state courthouse. There is a pair of classical-looking statues flanking the entrance, both female. One of them, maybe both, was holding a book, a sword and....... the fasces. I did a double take. But then I remembered the Lincoln Memorial. His seat has fasces, too. The US dime used to have fasces on it, too, starting in 1916 (before Mussolini started using it). So does that make the courthouse or US coinage or Lincoln fascist? Of course not. It simply means that the symbol of the Roman polity has been used for diverse purposes, which are not necessarily related to each other. Labels are misleading. Last edited by loquitur; 05-30-2008 at 08:41 AM..